Books like 'The Ties That Bind'

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  • Kayla's Trick by Jean Grainger

    Kayla's Trick by Jean Grainger

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
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    drama  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Stackin' Paper by Deja King

    Stackin' Paper by Deja King

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In Stackin Paper 2, Genesis is out for blood and redemption. He s on a mission to get retribution on the person responsible for murdering his best friend and to make it back to the love he left behind, Talisa. But as he closes in on his enemy the Feds begin closing in on him. While CoCo sits alone in her jail cell, her regret turns to rage...
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    drama  contemporary  fiction  urban
  • A Worthy Love by A.E. Valdez

    A Worthy Love by A.E. Valdez

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Publicly humiliated, Marisa Banks is blindsided by the news that the man she’s been dating for months is married. Being called names she wouldn't wish on anyone in front of a room full of people by her boyfriend’s wife is enough to shake her identity to its foundations. In an attempt to rebuild, she makes a few questionable decisions.Asher Blaine is one of them...
  • A Mother's Goodbye by Kate Hewitt

    A Mother's Goodbye by Kate Hewitt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Fans of Jodi Picoult, Kelly Rimmer, and Diane Chamberlain will love this USA Today bestselling author's absolutely gripping, emotional drama with a tear-jerking twist. "My arms ache with the need to reach and hold my precious child, and then to never let go. But I can't. I know I can't."Heather is devastated. There's no way she can keep her baby. She can barely pay the bills as it is...
  • Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad

    Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Twin children Jeanne and Simon want to solve the mystery of their origins. In retracing the bitter history of their mother, who is about to die, other characters come into the story—witnesses or key players able to assist in the investigation. Carried aloft by poetic language, the inquiry pursued by Jeanne and Simon unfolds in a dreamlike atmosphere...
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    drama  classics  contemporary  fiction  university  war
  • Still the Baddest Bitch by Deja King

    Still the Baddest Bitch by Deja King

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Aaliyah Mills Carter has to step up and watch the throne, to prove she has what it takes to be the Baddest Bitch. Chaos has always surrounded her family but now death may have hit too close to home. There are so many questions but not enough answers...
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    drama  black-mc  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  urban
  • Decker: An Eidolon Black Ops Novel by Maddie Wade

    Decker: An Eidolon Black Ops Novel by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    domestic-drama  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Lopez: An Eidolon Black Ops Novel by Maddie Wade

    Lopez: An Eidolon Black Ops Novel by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Death Leaves a Shadow: A Marlowe Black Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Death Leaves a Shadow: A Marlowe Black Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Then comes the brutal announcement that his pregnant fianc�e has committed suicide. Marlowe simply cannot accept the official verdict, and as anguish and rage replace the love he once felt, he is driven by a madness that forces him to question his own integrity while he hunts an elusive killer."Koch is an author who has his priorities in order...
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    drama  contemporary  epic  fiction  hard-boiled  mystery
  • Murder on the Naval Base by Behcet Kaya

    Murder on the Naval Base by Behcet Kaya

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Murder on the Naval Base begins with a blurry account of a cold-blooded shooting of a couple, singled out while having dinner at an Officer's Club. The prime suspect is apprehended hours later while apparently attempting to flee the state...
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    drama  contemporary  epic  fiction  mystery
  • Todos los días son nuestros by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta

    Todos los días son nuestros by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    El debut novelístico del año.Veníamos de una fiesta de disfraces, cosa ideal, dado que andábamos en el esfuerzo de parecer puras cosas que no éramos… para empezar: felices. Emiliano se había vestido de Darth Vader, yo me había embutido en un traje de Gatúbela… Habíamos decidido ir vestidos de dos entes negros y cabrones...
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    drama  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Virgin River Collection Volume 2 (A Virgin River Novel) by Robyn Carr

    Virgin River Collection Volume 2 (A Virgin River Novel) by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Now available in a box set collection, return to Virgin River with these beloved stories from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr.Second Chance PassVanessa Rutledge’s new baby is helping heal her heart after the death of her husband. She longs to share this love with former Marine Paul Haggerty, her husband’s best friend, but he’s keeping his distance...
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    drama  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Suddenly Trouble by J.A. Low

    Suddenly Trouble by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She was everything he wasn’t allowed have. Isla Eriksen was the girl next door, my best friend’s little sister, the girl he warned me never to touch. Sometimes rules are hard to stick to. Over the years I tried to stay away, but when she needed me the most I was there for her and all the rules I stuck by went out the window...
  • Das Feuer retten: Roman by Guillermo Arriaga

    Das Feuer retten: Roman by Guillermo Arriaga

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Eine ekstatische Liebe und der Wille, alles aufs Spiel zu setzen, vereinen sich in diesem temporeichen Roman über diemexikanische Unterwelt zu einem Spiel auf Leben und Tod. Arriaga lässt die Milieus einer bürgerlichen Tänzerin und eines Kriminellen aufeinanderprallen und schreibt den intensivsten und gefährlichsten Roman des Jahres...
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    drama  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Love List by B. Love

    The Love List by B. Love

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Grant's Heat by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Grant's Heat by Angel Payne, Victoria Blue

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Is ignoring the heat a recipe for disaster? Grant Twombley has it all—a successful career, a contacts list full of gorgeous and willing bedmates, and the ear of Los Angeles’s most prominent captain of industry.But being Sebastian Shark’s right-hand man isn’t without its challenges. Messy ones...
  • Tollak til Ingeborg by Tore Renberg

    Tollak til Ingeborg by Tore Renberg

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dei kallar han Tollak til Ingeborg. Den gamle stabukken som bur oppe ved sagplassen. Alle veit at han har gjort ting på sin eigen måte. Alle veit kva han gjorde med dei gutane. Alle veit at ungane hans ikke kjem heim så ofte. Alle veit han tok til seg han dei kalla Oddotosken. Og alle hugsar den gode kona hans, Ingeborg. Men det er noko folk ikkje veit.Det er på tide å fortelje...
  • Feeling Lucky by M.S.M. Barkawitz

    Feeling Lucky by M.S.M. Barkawitz

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Some characters and situations are fictitious. Others are only too real in this modern-day thriller set amid the chaos of a global epidemic and a cultural uprising that set the world ablaze. She's Lucky one day-Jackie the next. Actress or con artist? Avenging angel or gold-digger? Hunter or prey? Straight or lesbian? Black Lives Matter activist? Only she knows the truth...
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    drama  contemporary  epic  fiction
  • Betrayal of Faith by Mark M. Bello

    Betrayal of Faith by Mark M. Bello

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    How can one have faith when faith itself is corrupt? When Jennifer Tracey discovers that her new parish priest has harmed her two sons, she seeks justice. Standing in her way? The Coalition-a secret church organization tasked with the responsibility of taking care of these types of incidents quickly and quietly and by any means necessary...
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    drama  contemporary  fiction  legal  mystery
  • Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko

    Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What would YOU do?What would you do if you got away with murder? Would you stop there? Could you?Susie and Roy thought that they committed the perfect crime.Their planning was meticulous. Their execution was flawless. But, there is always a loose end, isn’t there? Always a singing bone.Now, while enemies multiply and suspicions abound, their perfect world begins to crumble...
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    drama  contemporary  epic  fiction  mystery  suspense
  • The Sacred Well Murders by Susan Rowland

    The Sacred Well Murders by Susan Rowland

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A simple job turns deadly when Mary Wandwalker, novice detective, is hired to chaperone a young American, Rhiannon, to the Oxford University Summer School on the ancient Celts. Worried by a rhetoric of blood sacrifice, Mary and her operatives, Caroline, and Anna, attend a sacrifice at a sacred well. They discover that those who fail to individuate their gods become possessed by them...
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    drama  fiction  contemporary  mystery  epic
  • The Cowboy's Hidden Bride by Cora Seton

    The Cowboy's Hidden Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Turners: 1, Coopers: 1 Lance Cooper knows he shouldn’t try to escape his present problems by focusing on the past, but running Chance Creek’s Fourth of July Revolutionary War re-enactment is far easier than sorting out his family’s long-running feud with the Turners. At least it was until Maya Turner joins the historical society and upsets all his plans...
  • People, Places and Things by Duncan Macmillan

    People, Places and Things by Duncan Macmillan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emma is in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn't with Emma, it's with everything else. She needs to tell the truth, but she's smart enough to know that there's no such thing...
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    drama  contemporary  fiction  mental-illness
  • The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

    The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's back.Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She's a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be—a college student. A life coach. A real estate agent. Nothing about her is real...
  • Unfailing Love by Julie Lessman

    Unfailing Love by Julie Lessman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She stole his heart. He stole her peace. Can hope steal their pain? At the age of eighteen, Lacey Carmichael was a wild girl bent on fun, promised to Jack Carmichael, a straight-and-narrow pastor’s kid bent on the seminary. When her father kicks her out of the house, she runs away from Isle of Hope, turning her back on everything she loves...
  • The Desperate Bride's Diet Club by Alison Sherlock

    The Desperate Bride's Diet Club by Alison Sherlock

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Violet Saunders is astounded when her boyfriend gets down on one knee and proposes. But at size 18-20, the thought of finding a wedding dress fills her with horror. What she needs is a miracle wedding day diet. So when a leaflet advertising a new diet club - New You! - that drops through her letterbox, it seems like her prayers have been answered...
  • Isola di neve by Valentina D'Urbano

    Isola di neve by Valentina D'Urbano

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    2004. A ventotto anni, Manuel sente di essere già al capolinea: un errore imperdonabile ha distrutto la sua vita e ricominciare sembra impossibile. L'unico luogo disposto ad accoglierlo è Novembre, l'isola dove abitavano i suoi nonni...
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    drama  romance  fiction  contemporary  young-adult  book
  • 不便利的便利店 by Kim Ho-yeon, 김호연

    不便利的便利店 by Kim Ho-yeon, 김호연

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ...
    Categorized as:
    drama  fiction  family  contemporary
  • A Gracious Enemy by Michael G. Kramer

    A Gracious Enemy by Michael G. Kramer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The full story of the three Indochina wars, told from both sides and including the plight of civilians caught up in the fighting. Of necessity, the politics of Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, and the USA towards the push for independence and freedom by Vietnam and Laos are examined. The region known as Indochina is made up of the countries of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam...
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    drama  contemporary  epic  fiction  historical  war
  • Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook

    Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    WITH MURDER IN COMMON FRIENDSHIP IS INEVITABLE. In the town of Hollow Creek, South Carolina two separate murders, fifteen years apart, unite fifteen-year-old Pleasant Day and sixty-year-old Clarissa Blackwell. As Pleasant Day struggles with her mother's distance, her father's infidelity and the death of her best friend, she draws closer to Clarissa, an older woman with the secrets to heal her...
  • অপেক্ষা by Humayun Ahmed

    অপেক্ষা by Humayun Ahmed

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    মানুষের জীবন কি চক্রের মত? চক্রের কোন শুরু নেই, শেষ নেই। মানব জীবনও কি তাই? রহস্যময় চক্রের ভেতর এই জীবন ঘুরপাক খেতে থাকে? শুরু নেই, শেষ নেই। চক্র ঘুরছে।এই চক্রের ভেতরে ঘুরপাক খেতে খেতে অপেক্ষা করে কেউ কেউ। কিংবা সকলেই কিসের...
  • Hairspray and Lighter by J. Jupes

    Hairspray and Lighter by J. Jupes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All Detective Eckerly wanted to do that day was place a bet on a horse. He didn't expect Darlene Johnson to walk into his office with her chocolate box. And certainly didn't expect what followed. . Book One of the Detectives That Don't Fit Series...
  • Beneath It All by Tori Madison

    Beneath It All by Tori Madison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You. Have. Breast. Cancer. I wasn't prepared to hear those words. Neither was my loving husband, family or friends. And none of us were prepared for what life had in store after they were spoken. I should have seen the signs all around me. I should have paid attention to the people who supposedly loved me, the people who I'd always trusted. But I was blind to what was going on...
  • Step Up by Monica McKayhan

    Step Up by Monica McKayhan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Indigo Summer and her boyfriend, Marcus Carter, have stayed solid through plenty of drama. Now Marcus is a senior, and he's already received his acceptance letter from Harvard. Indigo knows how hard he's worked for this chance...
    Categorized as:
    drama  book  contemporary  fiction  realistic  young-adult
  • Liquid Assets by M.J. Carnal

    Liquid Assets by M.J. Carnal

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Max Callum has a secret that has the power to destroy lives. He’s been running from his past for years but as Liquid Regret heads out on tour, hiding becomes impossible. He’s lost the love of his life, he’s haunted by nightmares, and the very thing he fears the most has found him. He’s also falling for the one person who is off limits...
    Categorized as:
    drama  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • The Italian by Beverly Preston

    The Italian by Beverly Preston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Italian is a standalone and book two in the Beyond the Mathews Family Series. No ties. No expectations. No risks. Antonio Giovanni, a fifth-generation winemaker in the rolling hills of Tuscany, is the epitome of temptation. Tall, dark, and handsome with an accent sexy enough to leave a trail of women’s panties in his wake...
  • Devil Dick by Glenna Maynard

    Devil Dick by Glenna Maynard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A chance encounter. No names. One night. They both agreed that was all it would ever be, but three months later Camreigh is in for the shock of her life. On her own, she has no choice but to turn to her family for help. She thinks she has everything figured out—that is until her one-night stand decides maybe he wants something more...
  • All of Me by Kevine Walcott

    All of Me by Kevine Walcott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kevine Walcott's 'All of Me' is a holistic, boundless collection of poetry that puts life under a microscope and compels readers to examine every facet of their existence. From relationships and mother earth to intimacy, what it means to belong to a country and everything else in between, Walcott weaves together a beautiful tapestry of humanity...
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    drama  contemporary  epic  fiction  suspense
  • A Family of Strangers by Fiona Lowe

    A Family of Strangers by Fiona Lowe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Acutely observed, sharp and absorbing - an insightful exploration of the pain and beauty of modern family ties. The page-turning new novel from bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe. How can you know so little about those you love?With a coveted promotion dangling within reach, the last thing Addy Topic needs to do is waste precious time singing in Rookery Cove's choir...
  • You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • YOUR HUSBAND MY MAN by K.C. Blaze

    YOUR HUSBAND MY MAN by K.C. Blaze

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lauren Michaels is a beautiful 27 year old club owner. Her definition of the perfect man is the one with long pockets and a wife. She only dates married men with limited time and lots to lose. Her latest sugar daddy, Arnold Blake happily funds her business ventures until she finds herself sucked into a truly forbidden love triangle with Tori, her best friend's husband...
  • Ghost Park  (Devil Barnett Detective Series Book 9) by Teddy Hayes

    Ghost Park (Devil Barnett Detective Series Book 9) by Teddy Hayes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Devil Barnett is called upon by a close family friend in Harlem New York to investigate the death of a relative. As a result he travels to Long Island New York to visit Ghost Park, which is a famous theme park where people can come and stay overnight to have an "Overnight Ghostly Experience." After Devil arrives he begins to see some things that cause suspcion...
    Categorized as:
    drama  black-mc  contemporary  epic  fiction
  • It's a Storm Without God... It's the Perfect Journey When You Know the Name of Jesus Is Guaranteed!!!: My Life Testimony: There's No Excuse to Not Be Who You Want to Be... God's So Great!!! by Larry Taylor

    It's a Storm Without God... It's the Perfect Journey When You Know the Name of Jesus Is Guaranteed!!!: My Life Testimony: There's No Excuse to Not Be Who You Want to Be... God's So Great!!! by Larry Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's that little bit of hope, when your backs' against the ropes, YO i made it(THANK YOU JESUS!!!), he's the Worlds' greatest(THANK YOU JESUS!!!). i just asked the lord to help me... GODS' SO GREAT!!! I just said in the name of JESUS... GODS' SO GREAT!!! GOD used my health problems to pull me out of the real storm, the storm/battle against myself; I was fighting and drowning myself..
    Categorized as:
    drama  contemporary  fiction
  • The Place That Gave by Emem Uko

    The Place That Gave by Emem Uko

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Buzzcut, doll face, secret prude and healthy snacks brand ambassador, Theana Green, loses her money, boyfriend, and reputation in a matter of days. She thought her ‘rags to riches’ story would stay on “riches” for a long time. But the discovery of illegal additives in the snacks she promoted kicked her back to the bottom of the pit. The once-beloved doll was now a disliked troll...
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    drama  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction
  • Boo's Shoes - A Rabbit and Fox Story: Learn To Tie Shoelaces by Sybrina Durant

    Boo's Shoes - A Rabbit and Fox Story: Learn To Tie Shoelaces by Sybrina Durant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No Laces! That’s what Boo, the bunny, always says. He doesn’t want to learn to tie them. He has plenty of shoes for every occasion and none of them have laces or strings. So, what’s the point of learning to tie? His friend, Farah Fox, convinces him that it’s a skill he can use. . . and one that might make him happier, too.This book is meant to be a parent-child activity...
  • Live for Me by Emma Thomas

    Live for Me by Emma Thomas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Twenty-seven-year-old Ophelia Lux Taylor is feisty and driven; she also happens to have bipolar disorder. Although she's had her ups and downs, life is good now: she lives with her twin brother, Onyx, and another friend in an artsy community in Cincinnati and is pursuing a master's degree in psychology...
  • And Come Day's End: A Michael McKaybees Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    And Come Day's End: A Michael McKaybees Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lenny Oliver’s secrets ended his life—lies he dressed up in detailed and occasionally elaborate finery. But only the secret holder is fooled in the long run, as Lenny discovered in a dark alley in the Wall Street neighborhood. Michael McKaybees is a private investigator working in New York’s five boroughs...
    Categorized as:
    drama  contemporary  fiction  hard-boiled  mystery
  • ROCKLEDGE: INTRODUCING CADE CHASE by John M. Vermillion

    ROCKLEDGE: INTRODUCING CADE CHASE by John M. Vermillion

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rockledge is a crime thriller that examines the effects of a crooked, autocratic group of elites (politicians and contractors) on people who have been abused for many decades. This is the opener of a planned Cade Chase series. It is a crime thriller set in the fictional Rockledge, an impoverished town in the center of Appalachia, more precisely in extreme southwest Virginia...
    Categorized as:
    drama  contemporary  mystery
  • Layman's Handbook, A journey to SELF by Aidan Mc Nally

    Layman's Handbook, A journey to SELF by Aidan Mc Nally

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A journey to SELF. Layman's Handbook to life as I see it of course. Self-help being primarily how to help one's self.Life can be strange and unusual for all of us...
    Categorized as:
    drama  contemporary  epic  fiction
  • Crossbones  (Cross your Heart and Die, #3) by Diane L. Kowalyshyn

    Crossbones (Cross your Heart and Die, #3) by Diane L. Kowalyshyn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keme didn't think his life could get worse until he's turned into a windigo––a creature with an insatiable appetite for human flesh. An attempt to end his life frees Arthur, the victim ensnared in Keme’s internal soul-cache. Arthur is propelled into dominance and Keme recedes into obscurity. Two souls inhabit one body and the turnabout causes abominable evil to reign supreme...
    Categorized as:
    drama  contemporary  fiction  season-summer
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